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Wedding film · Canggu

In short

A wedding film in Canggu costs from $1,490 for 30 minutes of filming around the ceremony, edited into a 2–3 minute ceremony film with a 30-second teaser delivered within a week and the full film in 4–6 weeks. Vows are recorded on separate lapel microphones, which matters in Canggu’s noisy villa lanes; extra hours are $100 each.

Starting from: $1,490
Duration: 30 min
Video: 2–3 min ceremony film + 30 s teaser

Why here

Why choose Wedding film in Canggu?

The hardest part of filming a wedding in Canggu is not the light; it is the sound. Villa weddings here happen in residential lanes, and the soundtrack of those lanes includes scooters, roosters, a neighbour’s pool party, music drifting from a beach club and, on weekdays, the building sites that have replaced many of the rice fields. A camera microphone picks all of it up, and vows are spoken quietly. So the core of a Canggu wedding film is clean audio: small lapel recorders on whoever speaks, the ceremony placed in the quietest corner of the villa, and timing chosen around the neighbourhood rather than only the sunset. Get that right and the rest is a gift — a lawn, a pool, palms and the warm west-coast light — which is why the starting 30 minutes focus on the ceremony itself, and extra hours turn it into a film of the whole day.

How the shoot is planned

What does the shoot in Canggu look like?

The route

Before the day we ask the villa about neighbours, building work and any event rules, and walk the garden with your planner to find the quietest spot for the ceremony. On the day, the videographer arrives early enough to mic the groom and the celebrant — the recorders are the size of a matchbox and hide under a lapel or a sash — and to record a minute of the garden’s own sound for the edit. The 30 minutes then follow the ceremony: guests settling, the processional, the vows close and wide, the rings, the kiss and the first walk back up the aisle, plus the few moments straight after when people hug you and nobody is looking at the camera. With extra hours at $100 each, the film widens: getting ready in the villa, the details, a sunset portrait sequence at Pererenan beach ten minutes away, the speeches — on a third recorder or a feed from the sound system — and the first dance.

The timing

Late afternoon ceremonies, around 4:30 pm, give the softest light on a villa lawn and leave time for sunset scenes at the beach, with sunset between roughly 6 and 6:45 pm through the year. For sound, weekends are often better than weekdays because nearby building work tends to stop, while evenings bring more music from beach clubs — another reason to hold the vows before dusk. April to October is the most reliable season. From November to March plan a covered ceremony space; rain on a bale roof is loud, so the lapel microphones become even more important. Villa noise curfews affect how late the reception can be filmed with music playing.

What’s included

What does the package include?

The Wedding film package in Canggu covers: A 2–3 minute ceremony film; the full day with extra hours; A 30-second teaser within 1 week; Vows recorded on separate microphones; Licensed music and colour grading; Full film within 4–6 weeks. Nothing is added to the price after the shoot. Permits worth knowing about: Tanah Lot — ticket around IDR 75,000 for foreign adults; visitors cannot enter the temple itself.

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Wedding film in Canggu

Frames from recent shoots, to plan yours against.

Before you book

FAQ — Wedding film in Canggu

What if there is construction next to our villa?

It happens often in Canggu, so we ask before the day. The lapel recorders sit centimetres from your mouths, which keeps vows clear over most background noise. If works are loud, many villa managers can ask the site to pause during the ceremony, and choosing a weekend date helps. We also film the ceremony facing away from the worst of it, so it stays out of the picture too.

Can the film include drone shots of the villa and coast?

Yes, by booking the Drone video alongside the film: the pilot flies the villa, the lane and, if you go there, the beach at sunset, and those shots are cut into your film. Canggu is within height-limited zones around Ngurah Rai airport, so we check the address first and never fly over the guests during the ceremony.

What exactly arrives within a week, and what later?

Within a week you receive a 30-second teaser — enough to send to the guests while everyone still has sand in their shoes. The 2–3 minute ceremony film, colour-graded and set to licensed music with your vows in it, follows within 4–6 weeks. If you added hours, the longer film of the day arrives in the same window.

Do we need a photographer as well as the film?

If you want photographs, yes — one person cannot do both well, because the angles and the pace are different. Book the destination wedding photography alongside and the photographer and videographer coordinate positions, so neither appears in the other’s best shots. Many couples in Canggu book both for the ceremony and add hours to only one of them.

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